Toy figure with movable head



Marcia '0; 1925.

Filed March 29, 1922 Patented Mar. 10, 1925; K

H 'EINRIG'H MI'TLIiER, or ausmsiisa, eniiivtknr.

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Ap lication tia mien 29, 1622. "serial to. 547,864.

lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to toy figures 111 which the head "is mounted bymeans of a pivot pin upon a support wh ch s'p 'votably arranged in the'bodygso that the lieatl 1 1 v can be raised and lowered and fui ther turned without @an'y frictionjbetwe'enfhe head and the bo d v. This invention relates particularly to tlie special coiistriiction of the head, speciallyofa sottlystuii'edhead,

which permits to mount the head in a simple m .I i

manner so that t can execute the above i'nentioned movements.

According to the invention a "c iip-sliap'd plate is arranged as bottom plate of the head, a casin open "at the lower end,being arranged upon this ciipshstped plate, the pbe 6f the he d a d h eans for at ducing the movements of the head projectinginto this easing. i; H x A M The inv entio' has further for its 'ect tb iiiiilte ham toy .figures of .tlie 'ab'ove men} tioned type saddle ai imals tlie ji-ea d 'foj which can be turned in'any direction raised or lowered by the child who is sittitigiipon the animal, whereby thefilliision is produced as if the a'nimal wei'e'alilv e. v L

y In order thatthe invention may be clear ly understood. I shall proceed to describe the same'with referenceto a toy elephantshown by way of example on the accompanying drawing, whereins 3 k QI .1 e Z OW M631 ph nit n ,i ehand-'ddt lines, the head and tail beingfsliown on Fig. 2 in a different position as n F i g 1. The device for moiinting the movable he'ad and tail is shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a plan vieyv o fthe 'head, 7'

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections respectively on lines 4+4 and 5 5 'dfFfg. 1.

A cup-shaped plate 1 is fixed upon the inner end of the head 23 whichjisin ediitact with the body 22 of thejtoyelep This cup-shaped plate 1 hasan oblongsIitQ upon the edges of which a casing 3 is mounted. The casing is pivotally mounted on the tubular support 5 by means of a pivot pin 4 fixed in the walls of the casing. The sup-' port 5 is attached to a cup-shaped plate 6 which closes the neck of the body and which is concentr'ic with thecu 'o-shzq'a ed plate 1 of the head. The' 'support is further guided in the rearwall "Z of'a horizontal c asing 8 in :tlie hodyofthe toy figure andfit'projects at the rear end of thebody. The project ing elidot the supportb has two downwardly directed flaps 17 between which alever 19 is ;p"ivot ably mounted by neans of a cross pin 18. A rod 11 is hingedly connected by pin :20 with tlieupper end of lever19,dsaid rod being located in thetubular support 5. The front end of rod 11 is bent and projects dowinva rd through a slit of the tubular suport. The edges of the-slit of the tubular support are bentso that t\vo;flaps 12 are formed. The end ofrod 11 is pivotably fiXed in the side wall of casing 3 by a stud '13. The easing'g is furtherjc'onnected with the tubular supportby "a spring 15 which has the tendency topull the rear part of casing 3'fand the plate 1 upward s'o that the "head ofthe'aniinal is normally lowered.

The tubular support 5 is moiiiitefd in the horizontal casing Sso that it cannot displace itself. forwhich purpose serve on the one hand the flaps 12 which bear against the neck plate 6 and on the other handtwo flaps 10icu t out ofthe wallet the tubular support and bearing against the rear wall 7 of casing 8. In orderto permit that the tubular support can be inserted togetheravitli the flaps 17 and 10 from the tront eiidlof Casino; 8 when the'toy figure is being putftogether. openings '25 of convenient size are provided in the end plate '7 of the casing 8 and similar openings 27 in the neck plate The flaps 10 which have originally the same position as the openings are bent up after they have been iiisert-ed,through the cas in 18 as shown on Fig. 4. The tlaps12are slightly larger and they have another shape or position than the openings 27 so that they cannot agage with these openings as shown on a The bridles 14 arefi'zied atthe sides of the head at the 'points 2.4 above the pivot point 4. I The rear end of the tubularfsupp'ort the lever19j'are enclosedin a stuffed sleeve which forms the tail 16 of the figure. v The toy figure works as follows. If the bridle 14 is pulled simultaneously at both sides the head of the animal is lifted in pivoting around the axle 4: and it moves from the position Fig. 1 into the position Fig.

15 is put under tension so that as soon as the pull on the bridle ceases, the head is brought; back to the original position by the action of spring 15. If only the right hand side bridle or the left hand side bridle is being pulled so that this bridle is upwardly inclined, the head turns around the axis of support 5 which revolves in the casing 8. The tail 16 is thus swung to the right or to the left. As the front end of rod 11 fixed by stud 13 at some distance from the pivot axle l of the head this red is moved at the lifting and lowering of the head and the tail swings up and down. Inversely the head can be raised and lowered and turned to and fro if the tail is being moved or the lever 19 oscillated. If it is not desired that the head he raised and lowered with the aid of the tail or the tail be swung up and down by raising and lowering of the head the rod 11 and the lever 19 can be suppressed. The tail swings then only in lateral. direction if the head is turned but it remains at rest if the head is raised and lowered.

Instead of the spring 15 a weight or pres sure spring can be used and instead of the flexible bridles rigid means could be provided which permit to exert a pressure.

The invention does not relate only to toy figures the body of which is horizontal but to toy figures of any kind, also to figures which stand upright. The invention relates preferably to toy figures of cloth which are stuffed and which are specially arranged so that they can be fixed upon the tubular support arranged in the body and so that they can be turned in any directions. lhe inven tion relates also to solid figures, for instance wooden toy figures in which the head and the tail or only the head are movable.

I claim 1. A toy figure with movable head coinprising in combination with the body of the toy figure and with the head of the same. a cup-shaped plate on the lower surface of the head, a cup-shaped plate closing the neck of the body of the toy figure, a casing in the head open at the end which is turned towards the neck, a support for the head rotatablylocated in the body of the toy figure and projecting into said casing in the head. and a pivot pin oscillatably connecting said casing with said support.

2. A. toy figure with movable head comprising in combination with the body of the toy figure and with the head of the same, a cup-shaped plate on the lower surface of the head, a cup-shaped plate closing the neck of the body of the toy figure, a casing in the head open at the end which is turned towards the neck, a tubular support for the head rotatably located in the body of the toy figure and projecting into said casing in the head, a pivot pin oseillatably connecting said casing with said support, a means located in said tubular support for moving the head, and a stud for said means hingedly connecting the same with said casing.

A toy figure with movable head comprising in combination with the body of the toy figure and with the head of the smile, a cup-shaped plate on the lower surface of the head, a cup-shaped plate closing the neck of the body of the toy figure. a casing in the head open at the end which is turned towards the neck, a casing in the body of. the toy figure fixed to said neck plate, a tubular support for the head rotatably located in the body of the toy figure and projecting into said casing in the head, a pivot: pin oscillatably connecting said casing with said sup port, and a means for moving the head movably mounted in said tubular support and hingedly connected with said casing in the head.

4:. A toy figure of the type described comprising in combination with the body of the toy figure and with the head of the same, a. tubular support in said body projecting at both ends from said body, a stud in the head rotatably mounted in the front end of said tubular support, a rod movably mounted in said tubular support, and hingedly connected at its front end with said head, a lever serving as tail of the toy figure oscillatably mounted on the rear end of said tubular support, and a hinge'pin pivotally con necting said tail lever with the rear end of said rod.

5. A toy figure of the type described comprising in combination with the body and head of said figure, atubular support rotatably mounted in said body, means for oscillably mounting the head on the front end of said tubular support, a rod movably locatedin said tubular support hingedly connected at the front end with said head a tail hingedly mounted on the rear end of said tubular support and of said-movable rod, and a bridle the ends of which are attached at either side of the head.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HEINRICH MULLER Witnesses RUDOLPH FnIoKn, EMORY H. Loan. 

